Butterick - B4182 EDITED to add photos of girls in dresses.
GIRLS
Belmont University Company
This project involved making performance dresses for DD's college vocal performance group. Since DD goes to school in Nashville, TN and I am in Michigan we had the LONG DISTANCE FITTING CHALLENGE to overcome. To aide in ge... more...

SewStylish Easy sew ideas for customizing clothin Ok... so I messed up the one click Amazon check out and ended up with this book. It was fairly inexpensive so I just let it come to me.
The GOOD: Attractive cover, pretty color photos throughout, line drawn illustrations were fine. This would be terrific for a very beginning sew-er or a virtual ... more...

Textile Studio - 1213 Madarin Shirt Jacket EDITED TO ADD instructions for the squares and button loops. To make the squares I cut 3 inch squares of linen, I interfaced with 2" squares of texture weft. To preshape the squares I used a square of cardboard to create a template which I folded my fabric around and pressed. It was my first time... more...

About Me

I have been sewing since childhood, one of my most prized possessions as a child was my mom's old Singer. I took the Singer to my room along with an old white sheet and little fabric scraps to desig... more